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Definitions and differences between ethnic groups and religious groups. Ethnic groups are defined by a common heritage, including ancestry, language, history, customs, and traditions. Religious groups are based on a shared belief system and often involve devotional and ritual observances. The document also discusses the relationship between ethnicity and language, as well as examples of ethnic and religious groups.
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What’s the difference?
Q: What is the difference between an ethnic group and a religious group?
Some words used to refer to a group as a separate ethnic group are: tribe, clan, kinship, lineage, family, society, community and heritage.
The language we speak is always an important part of our cultural/ethnic identity.
Q: How many countries are there in the world? A: About 200. Q: How many languages are there in the world? A: Roughly 7, THEREFORE, ETHNIC GROUPS ARE NOT DEFINED BY POLITICAL BORDERS
Ancestry, history, customs, and traditions- give us the common traits related to the past of the group.
Shared territory is common location and physical features shared by the group.
Physical appearance are shared characteristics concerning what you look like.
Ethnic groups share many common characteristics, such as… language similar physical features customs and traditions
Can you give an example of an ethnic group in Southwest Asia? Arabs, Kurds, Persians, Turks, Bedouins,
By sharing a common religion, people can belong to the same ethnic group BUT
A religious group can include many different ethnic groups
You may be asking HUH?, WHAT?
The Christian religion is a religion practiced widely throughout the world… in North and South America, in Africa, Europe, Australia and Oceania. However would we consider a Christian person from Venezuela the same ethnic group as a Christian person from Fiji?
Many people practice the religion of Islam in the world, but would you consider a Muslim person from Saudi Arabia to be the same ethnic group as a Muslim person from the islands of Indonesia?
Try some more “I am Chinese.” (ethnicity– nationality) Bowing in prayer toward Mecca as part of a daily prayers ritual. (religion) Wearing a heavy alpaca poncho because my family and I live high in the Andes mountains. (ethnicity – shared territory) I visited Japan and left a saw the notes left to the Kami spirits in the shrine. (religion) We call ourselves Afrikaners because our forefathers came to South Africa from Europe to settle in a new land. (ethnicity- history)
Which of these is an ethnic group?
a. Kurd b. Muslim c. Christian d. Jordanian